Facebook … bla!

Can’t do it …  too many advertisements … too much crap that is not compostable.  What good is crap if you can’t put it in a compost pile?  Besides, I really don’t have the time to keep up both this journal and

Just plugging away with chores

It seems like we haven’t got a lot done this weekend, but we really have!!!! Last year I bought some young blue Wyandotte pullets.  They are pretty little birds and very calm.  Unfortunately, they’ve turned into broody beasts.  We sold all but

Raw milk

Yesterday I drank a half gallon of raw goat milk that had been milked on the 11th.  That means it was 14 days old.  It tasted perfectly fine.  What store-bought pasteurized milk would last that long? Until later …

A gorgeous morning!

I wish I could bottle the cool temperature this morning and let it free when I have to go out to do chores this evening.  It is absolutely lovely out there right now.  There’s a light fog hanging over the pond and

Back to the grind …

It was a pretty busy weekend.  The clinic on Saturday took up the whole day and then some and spending so much time out in the sun and heat without a hat (dummy!) took its toll.  Sunday was spent doing a few

The sun is shining …

What a difference seeing the sun makes.  I feel much better … of course, I am one day closer to the weekend which makes all the difference in the World. Until later …

Drudgery …

Definition of DRUDGERY: dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor.  That’s how both Wally and I feel about our jobs these days.  It’s sad … maybe it seems so bad now because it’s been overcast and rainy for the

How does your garden grow?

Most of this weekend was spent in the garden.  On Saturday, I unloaded a truckload of composted horse manure which about did me in.  Sunday was spent re-planting beans, planting peppers and eggplant seedlings and transplanting many of the tomato plants that